Welcome to NELFT

NELFT provides an extensive range of integrated community and mental health services for people living in the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and community health services for people living in the south west Essex areas of Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock.

We provide an Emotional Wellbeing Mental Health Service for children and young people across the whole of Essex.

We are also the provider of all age eating disorder services and child and adolescent mental health services across Kent and Medway

Living in London? Get in touch with our CAMHS services today.

Find out how we can help support your child to take care of their mental health.

The theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2019 is 'Healthy: Inside & Out', encouraging young people to think about their physical health and mental health. Read on to find out how we have helped to raise awareness this week with the help of students from University of East London.

NELFT Talks

As an End of Life Care facilitator, Dorothy Pearlman finds herself having conversations about death on a daily basis, a topic that many of us can find harrowing just to think about. In our latest 'NELFTtalks' blog, Dorothy offers advice and support for older people and families during this difficult time, while also taking a look at Billy Connolly and his battle with Parkinson's.

Heather Lloyd, a community mental health nurse from NELFT Kent Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service is currently working with the Porchlight Adolescent Wellbeing Service (PAWS) - a service for young people and their families living in Thanet. Here Heather tells us more about her work with the team and the difference it is making in the area.

Marc Kingsley works as a consultant clinical psychologist within our clinical health psychological services and he is also a registered psychotherapist. In our latest NELFT talks post, Marc discusses the risk of suicide in palliative care and for end of life patients.

In the Christmas of 2008, John Wickens sadly took his own life in Stratford, leaving his family and his wife Deborah ‘Debbie’ Wickens behind. Today, as part of World Suicide Prevention Day, Debbie shares her story with us about:

How she cared for John through his struggles

How her life has changed since that fateful day

How she uses her experiences to support her patients within NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

In our latest NELFT Talks post Dr Samir Shah, consultant older adult psychiatrist and lead clinician with our Waltham Forest Diagnostic Memory Service, talks about how he was asked to be a clinical advisor and co-writer on 'Abdullah and Leilah', the world’s first transcultural drama about the effects of dementia. Dr Shah also talks about our plans as a trust to showcase this film as an educational resource for NHS staff.

As part of the NHS70 celebrations, Queens Nurse and specialist school nurse (Redbridge) Pat Beverley reflects on her visit to 10 Downing Street, meeting the Prime Minister and her career highlights to date for our latest NELFTtalks blog.